Country rankings
BRIC/BRICS Countries
Ethiopia has the highest Year Of Accession (2024), followed by Egypt (2024) and Iran (2024). Russia has the lowest (2006).
Year Of AccessionBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
10 of 235 countriesYear Of Accession
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All 10 ranked
Highest first.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
2017
Middle half 2006 – 2024
Average
2015
10 countries
Highest
2024
Ethiopia
Lowest
2006
Russia
Data
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10 countries · # = rank by Year Of Accession
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 2024 |
| 1 | Egypt | 2024 |
| 1 | Iran | 2024 |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2024 |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 2024 |
| 6 | South Africa | 2010 |
| 7 | India | 2006 |
| 7 | China | 2006 |
| 7 | Brazil | 2006 |
| 7 | Russia | 2006 |
What correlates with Year Of Accession?
Pearson r against 1,171 other country metrics sharing at least 10 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Year Of Accession tend to score higher on these
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Year Of Accession tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Year Of Accession?
- Ethiopia has the highest Year Of Accession, at 2024, followed by Egypt (2024) and Iran (2024).
- Which country has the lowest Year Of Accession?
- Russia has the lowest Year Of Accession, at 2006.
- What is the median Year Of Accession across countries?
- The median is 2017 across the 10 countries with data.
- Where does this bric/brics countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: What is a BRIC nation? - Investopedia; BRICS Information Portal - BRICS; What is BRICS, which countries want to join and why? - Reuters; Member states of BRICS - Wiki.









